As web users, what we say and do online is subject to pervasive surveillance. Although we typically associate online tracking with ad networks and other th
Sort of. They can still see which IP address you’re connecting to, which by itself or in combination with some minor traffic analysis is quite often enough to identify which website you’ve visited. Perhaps it isn’t if the website puts absolutely everything through a giant CDN like Cloudflare, but in that case it’s Cloudflare which gets to see all the sites you visit which isn’t a whole lot better than the status quo.
Still, it’s a little less information given away at least some of the time. Better to do it than not do it.
Sort of. They can still see which IP address you’re connecting to, which by itself or in combination with some minor traffic analysis is quite often enough to identify which website you’ve visited. Perhaps it isn’t if the website puts absolutely everything through a giant CDN like Cloudflare, but in that case it’s Cloudflare which gets to see all the sites you visit which isn’t a whole lot better than the status quo.
Still, it’s a little less information given away at least some of the time. Better to do it than not do it.
Well, for half of the internet they are going to see AWS ELBs addresses.